Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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